CVE-2016-2858

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
QEMU, when built with the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) back-end support, allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an entropy request, which triggers arbitrary stack based allocation and memory corruption.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2858
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-04-07T19:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:17:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-331 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/331.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.5.1.1
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=60253ed1e6ec6d8e5ef2efe7bf755f475dce9956 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314676 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84134 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2858
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2858
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:07:58 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:47:51 2016-04-07T19:59Z 2016-04-07T19:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:47:51 2020-10-15T18:43:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:47:51 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 01:06:31 2023-02-12T23:17:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:06:31 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated